To a Rocky Moon: A Geologist's History of Lunar Exploration by Don E. Wilhelms. © 1993 The Arizona Board of Regents. Reprinted by permission of the University of Arizona Press.
Complete Volume
Contents
Front Cover
Back Cover
Front Matter
Errata
Chapter 1: A Quiet Prelude 1892–1957
Chapter 2: The Quickening Pace 1957–1961
Chapter 3: The Earthbound View 1961–1963
Chapter 4: Preparing to Explore 1963–1965
Chapter 5: The Ranger Transition 1964–1965
Chapter 6: Back at the Main Event 1965
Chapter 7: The Glory Days 1966
Chapter 8: Surveyor and the Regolith 1966–1968
Chapter 9: The View from Lunar Orbiter 1966–1967
Chapter 10: Apollo Lifts Off 1967–1969
Chapter 11: Tranquility Base 1969
Chapter 12: A Western Mare? 1969
Chapter 13: The Best-Laid Plans 1970
Chapter 14: Promising Fra Mauro 1971
Chapter 15: Golden Apennine-Hadley 1971
Chapter 16: Mysterious Descartes 1972
Chapter 17: Beautiful Taurus-Littrow 1972
Chapter 18: Debriefing 1973–1984
Reference Material
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
Illustrations
About the Author
